Mushville Democratic Union

Mushville Democratic Union

Mushville Democratic Union (for short: MDU) or more commonly referred to by just it's capital name Mushville is a nation in the SuriVerse with claims mostly in Minnesota and Antarctica. The capital of the MDU is Mushville.

The MDU was originally founded in 2024 as a Minecraft project, while Mushville existed for way longer, since 2017 through an Animal Crossing Project. Since then, the MDU has expanded as a nation represented in the official Akasaki Minecraft Server. Since then, the MDU gained further recognition through peers, and reflections in other projects, such as Pokemon: Cloudbright.

The MDU is based on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, as well as Black City from Pokemon: Black Version.

Ethymology

The name of Mushville came originally from a German YouTube Let's Play of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, in which the town would be called "Pilzdorf". This name has been taken and translated into English, since it fits the nation very well. It's here to remember, that mushrooms in food are illegal and against the GGL-001 to eat. However, they are allowed as decoration in form of certain Mushrooms, like the fly agaric, with some exceptions to the type of Mushrooms and place of display.

The name for the Mushville Democratic Union came through the representation of Democracy, and that Mushville sees itself as a Union of multiple Cities and Towns.

History

Background

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In about 2017, with the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome Amiibo update releasing for Nintendo 3DS, Lucy watched a lot of Let's Plays about the game, including older ones without the update. In a particular German Let's Play¹ of the game, the YouTuber¹ called their Town "Pilzdorf", which stuck with Lucy. She went on to call her own towns "Pilzdorf".

As time got by, and Lucy went more into the international field, and embraced her American heritage, she translated the name into "Mushville" (Pilz = Mushroom & Dorf = Village in German). She went on to name her island in a community-project of Animal Crossing: New Horizons "Mushville", an Island, based on Black City.

Lucy hates Mushrooms though, so the name became the representation of the law, always remembering citizens to never eat mushrooms, so it stuck with her over years. In the Akasaki Minecraft project, as everyone created factions and nations, Lucy reinvented Mushville as the capital of the MDU, a democratic union of cities, towns and resorts, the MDU was born. With Lucy as the president, and Mimiru-tan representing the prime-minister of the MDU.

Geography

The MDU consists of different cities and towns, depending on context. Officially recognized as official and real states of the MDU count its capital Mushville, as well as the cities of Markistan, Jabonia and Pulloverian.

Government and politics

Mushville Democratic Union operates under a special "restricted democracy", with one set government and it's members voted by the public, while the President is nonexchangeable. Decisions in the nation are usually made through public polls. There are no presidential votes, except the president decides to step down. The MDU government currently consists of one president and one prime minister.

The MDU currently does not have any official ministries, other than the Mushville Democratic Party (MDP).

Elections and federal political parties

As the MDU is a restricted democracy, there is only a single political party, the Mushville Democratic Party. There's technically no law, permitting citizens of the MDU to create their own parties, however, even if doing so, there's a constitutional law, making the current president of the MDU nonexchangeable, except through stepping down from the title by free will.

Even if the president steps down, there will be held elections to elect a new president, usually meaning the prime minister does the job. Not every citizen can vote for elections, as an IQ of 110 is a minimum requirement to vote, as well as citizenship. Both need to be proven through official documents.

Law

There are some additional laws in the MDU, most of them shown on https://mdu.surillya.com/law. A few highlighted laws are:

• General Legal Principles (GGL)
• Citizenship & Residency (CIR)
• Public Order & Conduct (POC)

Military

MDU does not currently have its own dedicated military, as it's praising itself as a neutral, war-free nation.

Economy

Businesses in the MDU can both be state-owned and citizen-owned.

The national currency of the MDU is until further notice the United States Dollar, although this may change with time.

Demographic

Languages

The only official language of the MDU is English, as defined by GGL-003.

Religion

Citizens have a freedom of religion. The government itself is atheist and neutral.

Flag

According to GGL-002, the flag of the MDU is 3:2 horizontally pastel-pink, pastel-blue, pastel-pink. The exact hex codes are #fbcce7 for pastel-pink and #9bddff for pastel-blue.

Phone line

The MDU has a virtual phone line, that can be used online under https://mpl.surillya.com/. Citizens get numbers in the exchange ranges of 125 to 129. Non-citizens can sign up as well, getting a number in the exchange range of 150 to 159. Some numbers are unable to get in the MPL (Mushville Phone Line). Numbers that are unable to obtain are:

• Numbers in the subscriber range of 6000-6999 in the 125 exchange, as this is reserved for fiction usage.
• Reserved subscriber 6874 (MUSH)
• Reserved subscriber 7874 (SURI), with exception of the president, who uses (638) 125-SURI
• Reserved subscriber 2489 (CITY)
• Reserved subscriber 7654 (POLI)
• Reserved subscriber 2468 (AGNT)
• Reserved subscriber 4478 (HIST)
• Reserved subscriber 3473 (FIRE)
• Reserved subscriber 5683 (LOVE)
• Certain reserved subscribers that are deemed inappropriate.

The Mushville phone number has the same formatting as the NANP, the different part is the exchange always starting with a 1, which is not possible in the NANP. The MDU utilizes the area code 638 (MDU). Numbers are formatted like (638) 1xx-xxxx.

Culture

Most of the MDU's culture follows the culture in the United States, such as traditions, media, cuisine and holidays.